The Gold Coast Titans are excited to announce a brand new partnership, with SEE Civil joining the Titans' as 'sternum' sponsor, for two years, through until the end of 2020.

SEE Civil are a Gold Coast based civil infrastructure and urban development company with over 30 years of industry experience. Over the years they've contributed to a range of iconic Gold Coast projects including Pacific Pines, Sanctuary Cove, the Empire Industrial Estate at Yatala and several projects at the Gold Coast Airport.

The partnership with SEE Civil is the final piece of the puzzle in terms of clothing sponsorship for 2019 with every available sponsorship panel now sold. It is the first time since 2013 that each available panel has been taken up by a partner.

Executive Chairman, Dennis Watt, believes the addition of SEE Civil shows great confidence in the club.

"SEE Civil are a Gold Coast based company who can see the great work the Titans are doing on and off the field," Watt said.

"They are a family-owned business who have similar values to that of the Titans. They are not afraid of hard work and they have been in operation for a long time.

"We look forward to forging a great partnership moving into the future and together enjoying the success of the Titans."

SEE Civil's Managing Director, Steve Turner, said the company is looking forward to the partnership.

"As a local business, many of our staff live locally, so it's fitting that we're putting our support behind our local club for the next two years."

SEE Civil also brings business associates SmartTech Australia to the Titans with the mining and aggregates technology company taking the sternum position on the club's away and heritage jerseys in 2019.

Maroons assistant coach Justin Hodges insists the addition of "future superstars" Jake Clifford and AJ Brimson to the 2019 Queensland Emerging Origin squad has come at the right time.

Four of Queensland's greatest players – Billy Slater, Cooper Cronk, Cameron Smith and Johnathan Thurston – have either retired from representative football or, in Thurston's case, hung up the boots.

The quartet was the backbone of the Maroons dominant spine and the Queensland brains trust is now determined to ensure they prepare for the next decade.

Clifford and Brimson, both just 20, made their NRL debuts for the Cowboys and Titans respectively and both have been identified as long-term members of the Maroons spine.

Brodie Croft is also making his first appearance in the Maroons emerging squad after playing a key role in steering the Storm to the 2018 grand final.

Established halves Ash Taylor and Corey Norman have been in Maroons camps previously and will join a 14-man squad which will go into camp on the Sunshine Coast in late January, a camp held in partnership with the Queensland Academy of Sport.

Hodges coached Brimson and Clifford in this year's champion Queensland under 20s side and said their arrival could not have come at a better time.

"They are obviously our future superstars and what they have been able to do so far early in their career is phenomenal," Hodges told NRL.com.

"Sometimes you get kids who think they know it all but the good thing about AJ and Jake is that both of them are willing to listen and learn.

"Scott Prince worked with both of them in our 20s camp and he can't speak highly enough of them as well.

"You look at the players we've turned over in the key positions with Billy and Cooper both retired, JT gone and Smithy as well. All of our spine is gone so now it is important we spend time with our young spine coming through so that we develop them and give them the right information."

Clifford impressed in his short stint in the halves alongside Thurston in 2018 after a man of the match display for the Queensland 20s and strong displays for the Northern Pride in the Intrust Super Cup.

"With Jake Clifford playing alongside Johnathan Thurston this year that would have helped him develop his game," Hodges said.

"The way he played in the under 20s was a class above and getting the chance in first grade will see him develop further under Paul Green, and JT will still have a bit to do with him up there."

Brimson, on the road to recovery from shoulder surgery, played at both fullback and five-eighth for the Titans this year where he was a dynamic presence.

"We've all seen what AJ Brimson can bring. I've had him in my 20s side the last two years and seeing the difference between last year and this year has been unbelievable, just his attention to detail, the way he trains and the development of his football brain," Hodges said.

Hodges said Brimson handled both positions with distinction but suggested fullback was his best spot for now.

Titans teenager Moeaki Fotuaika has been a revelation in his 16 NRL games and credits his parents for giving him the belief that he can rumble with "the big boys" in the NRL.

The talented prop was just 18 when given his debut by Garth Brennan in the round nine clash with the Raiders in 2018. He did not miss a game for the rest of the season and stamped himself as the next breed of Tongan rising stars set to take international rugby league by storm.

The question Fotuaika asked himself when Brennan elevated him was "Am I ready?" It was to his father Penitani and mother Lisa, who live in New Zealand, that he turned for assurance and inspiration.

Fotuaika, now 19, talks a lot about repaying faith, working hard and taking challenges head on.

"When Garth gave me a crack at my debut I was definitely shocked and didn't expect to get a shot so early because of my age, but I just wanted to repay the faith that he had put in me," he told NRL.com.

"The main focus for me was to get the confidence in myself to mix it with the big boys in the NRL.

"My parents were a big help with that. When I got the call-up to make my debut they told me there was a good reason why I had been selected and that gave me a lot of belief.

"My dad is a hard-working man, a tree lopper back in New Zealand. I'd see him get up in the early hours of the morning and come home late at night. The work ethic he has makes me want to work hard and repay him."

Fotuaika's job to make the 17-man squad for round one next year has got tougher with the addition of former Test forward Shannon Boyd to the Gold Coast squad.

"[Boyd's recruitment] has added motivation to me to try and make the round one team," Fotuaika said.

"I am trying to work on everything, with the ball and without the ball, but the main thing for me is trying to get my fitness up and my body right.

"When my body is 100 per cent I can do what I want on the field."

In the off-season he did extra running on his own and work in the gym to keep his weight down. The teenager is 110 kilos, the same weight he played at during his breakout season.

"If you are not having a good diet you are going to be found out," he said, while adding he had cut out KFC and "all the bad things".

"You've got to learn from your mistakes."

Fotuaika was an unknown quantity in 2018 but conceded next year would provide the added challenge of backing up and not suffering the dreaded second-year syndrome.

"It is how you face those challenges and whether you take them on or back down," he said.

"[2018] was definitely a season that I can be proud of. I didn't expect to play as many games as I did.

"I just need to keep doing the one-percenters and take things slow. If I take things too quick things will get out of hand."

New Gold Coast Titans recruit Tyrone Peachey insists the club will "shock a lot of people" in 2019 after detailing how he would not have made the move from the Panthers without being convinced he was joining a finals-bound side.

The NSW Blues star has joined a side that contains players with Origin or Test experience such as Shannon Boyd, Kevin Proctor, Jarrod Wallace and Jai Arrow and is confident that halfback Ash Taylor has the goods to lead the Titans into the top eight.

Peachey spoke of the key reason he joined the club at Gold Coast University Hospital after joining several teammates to deliver Christmas presents to sick children through the Titans' partnership with Ronald McDonald House.

"I knew there were a lot of good players up here – a few Origin players and internationals – so I didn't want to go to a club that is not going to compete for the top eight and hopefully make the [grand] final next year," Peachey said.

"I have a lot of confidence this team is going to do very well. Since I've come here and seen the boys train and the way they go about football I have full confidence we are going to shock a lot of people.

"For such a young bloke [Ash Taylor] is so smart and his kicking game is ridiculous. He's got a good footy head. There are a few things he needs to work on, which he has been doing this off-season, so I expect a big year from him and hopefully he can take us to the finals."

Peachey's arrival has given coach Garth Brennan plenty of options.

I didn't want to go to a club that is not going to compete for the top eight

The 27-year-old played centre, fullback, five-eighth and off the bench for the Panthers in 2018.

Those changes were often brought about due to injuries to key players in the Penrith spine.

Centre is a position in which the Titans have an abundance of choice with Brian Kelly, Dale Copley and Brenko Lee the leading candidates. Five-eighth is also up for grabs with Brennan still to settle on a partner for Ash Taylor. Tyrone Roberts, AJ Brimson and Ryley Jacks will be in the mix, as will Peachey.

As to the answer to the question of where Peachey's best position is, the former Panther joked with NRL.com that it was "the unanswerable".

"I've been training at left centre and a bit at five-eighth," Peachey said.

"I don't know what is going to happen. There is a long way to round one but the way it has been going I've been training at centre so probably I'll play there.

"I have a lot of confidence in myself that whatever position I play I can do the best job for the Titans.

“If [playing five-eighth] is best for the team in round one then I am happy to do it but we have a lot of good halves here I think can do the job. Ash is a great player but they do need a five-eighth up here and everyone is competing."

After touring New Zealand with the Kangaroos, Peachey was not expected back at Titans training until December but turned up mid-November off his own bat.

"I didn't know the boys or any of the systems so I wanted to come back and get to know all the boys and get the season started so I can be right for round one," he said.

"[Brennan] has brought a lot of things from Penrith so I didn’t have to learn too much ... so with the names of plays and defensive systems it was a lot easier to transfer to a new club."

Peachey, who has a young daughter Penelope, said the hospital visit to lift the spirits of ill children was a rewarding experience.

"It is good to give back and help make their Christmas better," he said.

"It is a great concept that the Titans are doing, to come and help families with sick kids. We gave them presents and a lot of Titans stuff so hopefully they become Titans fans.

"This will be my first Christmas with my little one and I'd hate for her to be sick."

]]>Gold Coast TitansMenoitioshttp://www.leagueoftitans.com.au/showthread.php?28923-Peachey-Titans-will-shock-a-lot-of-people-in-2019Ioane Seiuli among the Titans train-and-triallists impressinghttp://www.leagueoftitans.com.au/showthread.php?28922-Ioane-Seiuli-among-the-Titans-train-and-triallists-impressing&goto=newpost
Sun, 09 Dec 2018 07:22:12 GMTHOPE is in the air surrounding the Gold Coast’s 2019 NRL prospects and fans are not the only ones brimming with more excitement than usual.
“I’m counting down the days,” Titans coach Garth Brennan beamed.
“Pre-season drags on for coaches as well as it does for players.
“I can’t wait until...

HOPE is in the air surrounding the Gold Coast’s 2019 NRL prospects and fans are not the only ones brimming with more excitement than usual.

“I’m counting down the days,” Titans coach Garth Brennan beamed.

“Pre-season drags on for coaches as well as it does for players.

“I can’t wait until we start playing but in saying that, come Round 1 against the Raiders I am going to have a headache on my hands picking a team … and I think that’s why people are excited.

“They look at the squad on paper and think how are they going to fit all of that in? There is going to be some quality left out Round 1.

“It’s a long season and you need that depth if you want to be successful.”

Brennan came into a tricky situation when he was appointed in October 2017 to succeed Neil Henry.

Morale was low after the public feud between Henry and Jarryd Hayne, and when the latter quit the club soon after, the Titans were left with a million-dollar hole in their roster.

Fast forward 12 months and the good news has barely stopped. Mal Meninga is on staff, Steve Mitchell has joined as chief executive, a leagues club is in the works and a major development program has launched.

For nine fresh faces on the playing side of things, the next two weeks will be pivotal to their chances of being around the growing positivity at Parkwood for a bit longer given train-and-trial contracts expire at the Christmas break.

Troy Leo, Dylan Phythian, Christian Hazard, John Palavi and Jacob Hind are the older contingent for whom one of the last two top 30 roster spots is not out of the question.

Kai O’Donnell, Ben Thomas, Treymain Spry and Ioane Seiuli are also trialling for development deals, with the latter particularly impressing.

Three players – Jaxson Paulo, Darius Farmer and Kea Pere – already hold development contracts, with a maximum of six able to be handed out on top of top 30 deals.

“I’m really happy with all of the train and triallists,” Brennan said.

“Sometimes it can be a bit dangerous bringing guys into your squad (if) they struggle and can’t keep up and bring the standard of the session down.

“But I would have to say they’re certainly adding to the sessions more so than bringing it down. They are all having a red hot crack.”

The Gold Coast Bulletin exclusively revealed the Gold Coast Titans had secretly developed a plan to develop a leagues club at Oxenford.

In the pipeline for two years, this project is seen as a big step towards ensuring the football club’s future by creating a new revenue stream and giving it something most other teams enjoy.

The news came 20 years after the axe finally fell on the Gold Coast’s first national rugby league side – the Chargers.

The team had lasted just 10 years in the competition before it was axed as part of a reorganisation of the NRL following the Super League wars which saw unsuccessful sides dumped to cut the number of clubs down to 14.

The end of the Chargers was announced just two days after the Adelaide Rams were terminated.

Gold Coast Chargers captain Jamie Goddard after hearing the bad news.
But there were no tears as the end came for the Coast team, according to reports of the day – just anger.

Australian Rugby League chief executive David Barnhill, who had been brought in as the club’s interim chairman two months earlier said the club had faced a difficult 1999 season had it not been dumped.

The decision was made at a board meeting of the club’s executives before the contracted players and 10 administrative staff were told of their fate.

There was a sometimes hostile meeting held with the players and staff at Carrara Stadium’s ‘The Legends Bar’ before an announcement was made to the public.

Barnhill told media the following day he had not slept after the boardroom meeting.

“Anyone who knows me realises I have a genuine passion for rugby league and this is the hardest thing I have ever had to do,’’ he said.

“Even my wife is dirty on me over this.

Chargers staff Peter Armstrong and Les Jones after hearing the devastating news.
“I can assure you the directors pursued every possible avenue to retain a place in the NRL after 1999. But after considering the criteria for 2000 the board resolved to withdraw from the 1999 premiership.

“The board discussed all issues including crowds, sponsors, performance, the absence of a licensed club and the NRL’s attitude to two rules _ the salary cap and the anti-poaching rules.

“We had criteria to meet in 2000, and at this time we can meet that criteria. That may not have been the case next year.”

The club had fell victim to “football terrorism” according to Chargers coach Phil Economidis while prop Clinton O’Brien called the move a mercy killing.

David Barnhill admitted his wife was unhappy with him over the decision.
The board was told that the club was not being wound up and that it could continue to operate in the Gold Coast’s Group 18 competition but that it would be excluded from the NRL.

It was also told that if the competition was revamped with a second southeast Queensland team that the Chargers would be given a chance to play.

“The directors weighed up all the options and CEO Peter Armstrong and local directors Bill Carroll and Ray Murray used all their skill and knowledge to retain the club,’’ Barnhill said.

Ultimately the Chargers never got the chance to play on - the club was eventually wound up.

A new NRL side, the Titans rejoined the competition in 2007 and have made three finals appearances.

After a three-month layoff from a major hamstring tear more common in AFL than rugby league, Titans centre Dale Copley has overhauled his training program to make sure it doesn't snap again.

Copley suffered the injury in the round 17 loss to the Broncos. At the time he was on track to play the most games in a season since his stellar 2014 year with Brisbane when he played all 25 games.

The 27-year-old has had his share of misfortune on the injury front. In 2015 he had a shoulder reconstruction in the offseason and then suffered a hamstring strain, torn calf and fractured eye socket in a year from hell.

His 2018 setback ended what had been a promising season.

"I missed eight games but that was only because there were eight games left but it would have been a 12-week injury had it happened at a different time of the year," Copley told NRL.com.

"It was my first real big hamstring injury after two strains in the last five or six years so it is not something that is ongoing, but this was quite significant and frustrating because it came from nowhere.

"There was tendon [issues] involved so the staff were very cautious about re-occurrence. We don't see a heap of those injuries in the NRL but the AFL see quite a lot of them because of their high speed running and picking up balls."

Copley is doing plenty of hamstring strength exercises to make sure he can get through the pre-season but with a change of focus.

It is nice to have a bit of depth because we haven't really had that at the Titans since I’ve been here

"We are trying to be a bit more preventative rather than be reactive after the fact," he said.

"I had another hammie injury on the other side last season which I only missed three weeks from but to have two in a year wasn't ideal.

"I am just doing more of [the exercises] and having more of a focus on it. All the clubs and players do it but probably more as a warm-up exercise whereas I am treating it more as a strength-based exercise and part of the actual training program as opposed to just a functional movement to get myself going."

Copley said he would be back in full training by Christmas and "100 per cent by round one".

When Garth Brennan arrived on the Gold Coast last year he told NRL.com that Copley was one of his favourite players whose name he had jotted down in "a little black book".

Brennan backed that high praise up by picking Copley in all the 13 games he was available for, of which the Titans won six. The Gold Coast only won two of the 11 matches Copley did not play.

The former Bronco has been around long enough to realise there are no guarantees and with Tyrone Peachey, Brenko Lee and Brian Kelly on deck, the centre positions at the Titans will be hotly contested.

"There are plenty of bodies Garth can put in there so I guess it will come down to the pre-season and the trials," Copley said.

"It is nice to have a bit of depth because we haven't really had that at the Titans since I’ve been here. There is competition in the centres, but it is the same for front-row, back-row and right through to the bench. That is brilliant at this time of year and will get the best out of everyone."

]]>Gold Coast TitansMenoitioshttp://www.leagueoftitans.com.au/showthread.php?28918-Copley-set-for-round-one-after-serious-AFL-style-hamstring-tearGold Coast Titans plan multimillion dollar leagues club development at Oxenfordhttp://www.leagueoftitans.com.au/showthread.php?28917-Gold-Coast-Titans-plan-multimillion-dollar-leagues-club-development-at-Oxenford&goto=newpost
Fri, 30 Nov 2018 23:32:09 GMTA multimillion-dollar Gold Coast Titans leagues club will be built on city owned land in a bold deal to secure the NRL side’s financial future.
The plan, developed under top-secret conditions for more than two years, was revealed in an explosive confidential email sent to Gold Coast city leaders...

A multimillion-dollar Gold Coast Titans leagues club will be built on city owned land in a bold deal to secure the NRL side’s financial future.

The plan, developed under top-secret conditions for more than two years, was revealed in an explosive confidential email sent to Gold Coast city leaders last night by council chief executive Dale Dickson

The leaked email reveals the club want to build a 2500 sqm licenced community club on a 22,000 sq m site at Oxenford Park bordering the M1.

“The Gold Coast Titans have approached the City with a request to lease or purchase a city owned parcel of land located at Oxenford for the purpose of constructing and operating a licenced community club,” Mr Dickson wrote.

“Following representations from the Titans, the city has made an ‘in principle’ offer to lease the land, subject to a number of preconditions being met,” Mr Dickson wrote.

The Gold Coast City Council land at Oxenford where the club would be built.

“Financially, a community club would provide a platform for the Titans to continue, enhance and expand the reach of the club’s community programs, while also providing some financial relief to the football operations.

Gold Coast Council CEO Dale Dickson. Photo: Jerad Williams

“It would also provide a community hub for members, fans and guests of the Titans and Gold Coast residents and visitors.”

A development application will be made to the council in coming weeks, with a report expected to go before councillors in March.

If approved by council, it is expected to be ready for the 2021 season, with the club requiring two years for construction and to secure liquor and gaming machine licences.

Titans co-owner Darryl Kelly. (AAP Image/Dave Hunt)

Titans co-owner Darryl Kelly last night confirmed the plans to the Gold Coast Bulletin and said it would be based on the same model as that of the North Queensland Cowboys — a separate football and community club.

“A community club was an integral part of the case we presented to the NRL as a sustainable model for the Titans. The Titans still makes small loses while investing over $2 million into community and junior development projects,” he said.

Mal Meninga joined the Titans in November. (AAP Image/Darren England)

“The owners want to continue and hopefully grow that involvement and we believed that those objects fitted well within the community club objectives.

It should be pointed out that although Titans programs will be central to the community club the constitution and also the community club directors will also be focused on becoming integrated into the local community and support local sporting, cultural clubs and local charities.”

Mr Kelly said the facility would create 80 new jobs.

News of the proposed facility caps off a big month for the club after the duel signings of rugby league immortal Mal Meninga as head of performance and culture and new chief executive Steve Mitchell.

The team will continue to play at Cbus Super Stadium at Robina. Picture: JERAD WILLIAMS

Any community lease agreement reached by the club and council would be a similar to those in place with Burleigh Bears Rugby League Football Club at Pizzey Park, Broadbeach Bowls and Community Club and Kurrawa Surf Life Saving Club.

Mr Dickson noted in his email that there was a range of key issues to consider including social and financial aspects as well s the loss of recreational space.

Council staff have already begun a preliminary assessment of these impacts as well as developing a masterplan for the Oxenford park site, which is used by the Oxenford Men’s Shed, Coomera-Hope Island Cricket Club and local schools.

Source; herald sun

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Nice to see the back of house become a stronger focal point this year. With a leagues club for northern titans fans I hope we can link up with Burleigh Bears and strengthen the affiliation for southern GC fans. Wonder if there will be a dedicated northern rivers hub in a few years too?

Seriously our back of house improvements have been the best thing about this offseason

]]>Gold Coast TitansT0kenhttp://www.leagueoftitans.com.au/showthread.php?28917-Gold-Coast-Titans-plan-multimillion-dollar-leagues-club-development-at-OxenfordTyrone Roberts: I’ve got to prove myself at Gold Coast Titanshttp://www.leagueoftitans.com.au/showthread.php?28916-Tyrone-Roberts-I’ve-got-to-prove-myself-at-Gold-Coast-Titans&goto=newpost
Thu, 29 Nov 2018 21:39:54 GMTTyrone Roberts says he has got a point to prove at Gold Coast Titans following his spell in Super League with Warrington.
The 27-year-old has re-joined the Titans on a two-year deal following a season in Super League with Warrington Wolves.
Roberts played 23 games in Super League as a...

Tyrone Roberts says he has got a point to prove at Gold Coast Titans following his spell in Super League with Warrington.

The 27-year-old has re-joined the Titans on a two-year deal following a season in Super League with Warrington Wolves.

Roberts played 23 games in Super League as a half-back, helping the Wolves reach the Super League Grand Final and Challenge Cup final, losing both.

'Another day, another dollar', is how the saying goes and for the entire Titans squad, that's exactly how they feel this week with every player out, slaving away in the hot weather in a range of different jobs on the Gold Coast.

With over 100 NRL games and State of Origin matches, Jarrod Wallace has this week been brought back down to earth, donning steel cap boots and working with Red Dog landscaping in Tweed Heads. Whilst his job site this week is a house many of us would love to live in, the prop forward has been working hard, pouring concrete, 'boxing up' and laying steel.

"It's good to be out on the tools down in Tweed with Red Dog Landscaping," Wallace said.

"It's been a bit of freshen up on the site and I certainly have respect or the guys who do this all day."

The Runaway Bay junior is no stranger to a bit of hard labour, spending time out on the job site during his time as an NYC player.

"Unlike Ryan James, I did work through the 20s and my old man made me work. I think I did two years landscaping and doing some concreting.

"It's good for the young guys who come straight into footy contracts. It can be a bit of a rude shock what a full day of work is like and for the older guys who have played for a long time, I think it's a nice change up.

"It's good to get in and mix with the people. A lot of these guys are sponsors and it's good to come out here rather than training."

Whilst this week may be considered a bit of a break from the rigours of training, Wallace has been impressed with the start to pre-season training.

"It's going well. I came back not as fat as last year and I'm enjoying running. I enjoyed not have off-season surgery and we are working hard, having a bit of fun.

"The new guys Dan (Head of Physical Performance) and Joel (Strength and Conditioner) have set things up well and we're enjoying each day."